In Loving Memory of
K-9 DUNNE
1994 - 2000

Handler: Superintendent of the Waterbury PD.
Waterbury Police Department
236 Grand St.
Waterbury, CT  06708

Yellow Lab male Narcotic Detector had a long career with many assists in drug arrest in Waterbury, CT.
K-9 Dunne also served in the New York Police Department from 1989 until 1994 when he was given to the
Waterbury Police Department. Sorely MISSED! 

In Loving Memory of
K-9 DENY
March 12, 2000
 
Handler: Deputy Mark Loveland 
Onondaga County Sheriff's Department
407 S State St 
Syracuse, New York 13202
(315)435-3044

Police dog, Deny, found dead. Deny, the bomb sniffing canine, was killed by a car on the Thruway Sunday.  by Sue Weibezahl
Deny, the 4 year old bomb detection dog with the Onondaga County Sheriff's Department, was struck and killed by a car on the Thruway Sunday night, about two hours after breaking free during an exercise session. "We're all reeling from this," Sgt. Bernie Podsiedlik, administrative sergeant for the road patrol's K-9 unit, said Tuesday. "It's pretty sad." A Thruway maintenance worker who read Tuesday that the dog was missing told authorities he had removed a dead animal matching Deny's description Sunday night from the westbound lane of the Thruway, about a half mile from Exit 34A, said John D'Eredita, sheriff's department spokesman. Deputies had spent most of Monday combing the area around Hancock Field searching for the dog, whose 60 foot lead unlatched about 7 p.m. Sunday while handler Mark Loveland was letting him exercise. The department used a helicopter and infrared scopes Sunday and Monday, trying to catch a glimpse of the dog, one of eight in the unit, said Sgt. Jeff Gates, K-9 trainer and supervisor. The 85 pound dog was hit about two miles from Hancock. Although the accident report wasn't available Tuesday afternoon, Gates said the car that hit Deny had to be towed. Deny was wearing a large chain link collar but didn't have any identification linking it to the sheriff's department. "We don't keep tags on our dogs," Gates said. "If they're working, a suspect could grab it or it could get caught on a fence while the dog's jumping over and it could hang itself. We're now trying to come up with a way where we can weld something onto the collars so it doesn't dangle down." The SPCA shelter in Mattydale arranged Tuesday to inject microchips for free into the canine unit's seven remaining dogs this month so that the dogs will be quickly identified if they become lost and are turned in to the shelter, said Bob Habberfield, president of the CNY SPCA's board of directors. Although the sheriff's department notified the SPCA, dog wardens and the Air National Guard Monday, the state police on the Thruway use a different radio system, "so they just wouldn't have heard the transmission," Gates said. "Otherwise, we might have known about this sooner." Deny was one of four bomb sniffing dogs and had worked extensively in schools throughout the county, checking for bombs during a spate of threats last year, Gates said. Deny was buried Tuesday afternoon near the aviation unit on Cessna Drive, where other police dogs are buried.